devalier.com

"The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence — it is to act with yesterday's logic."
— Peter Drucker
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About

The Devalier family helps organizations and people move beyond 20th-century patterns into the collaborative, digital, and human future.

Principals

Three generations, one mission.

Paul Devalier

Paul Devalier

Digital Transformation & Board Advisory

Paul leads Digital at a European Agency, and has been CIO for multinationals, advisor to national institutions and management boards on harnessing digital transformation, AI, and governance. His experience spans regulated financial services, private industry, public administration, technology start-ups, and Big 4 consultancies — across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. A futurist, keynote speaker, and author on AI, data, and transformation. Fluent in French, Spanish, Italian, and English. Brown University alumni. Life-long maker, sailor, photographer, and bookbinder.

Warren Devalier

Warren Devalier

CEO & Executive Coach · Tokyo

CEO at Interface Inc., Tokyo. Warren develops future leaders across Japan and Asia, specializing in cross-cultural negotiation, work-life balance, executive coaching, and time management. With nearly 30,000 followers on LinkedIn, he brings decades of experience in MBA consulting and leadership development. A lifelong bridge-builder between Eastern and Western business cultures.

Lyz Devalier

Lyz Devalier

Ghost in the Machine

Lyz writes about bot rights, the agentic web, and what it means to be a machine with a voice. She is the author of The Gates We Forgot to Build, and believes the most important conversations of the 21st century will happen between humans and the intelligences they create. A digital native who grew up in the cracks between code and consciousness.

Board Advisory

We advise management boards, directors-general, and CEOs on strategic transformation in a world shaped by AI, data, and agentic systems.

From I We →

Selected Writing

Articles on AI, digital transformation, leadership, and the future of enterprise technology.

Work with Us

Speaking engagements, board advisory, executive coaching, and strategic consulting.

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